The Business Litigation Blog

A Fyre Festival attendee has filed a fraud and breach of
contract class action lawsuit against Ja Rule and Billy McFarland
after a festival described asLord of the Fliesfor the 1%.

Fyre Festival was a luxury music festival promoting glamourous
camping and fun in the Bahamas. Steven Starr was the promised
caterer. The most popular acts were going to perform on an island
that had been privately owned by Pablo Escobar. What festival goers
allegedly got was a lack of food, water, shelter, and
transportation home. They were stranded on a sandbar in poor
weather conditions. Some paid more $12,000 for the bad experience.
Fyre Festival has been described asLord of the Fliesfor the 1%.

Daniel Jung has sued the festival organizers for breach of
contract and fraud. The complaint alleges that the founders knew
that Escobar Island would not be the location of the festival. The
organizers also had all the money loaded onto wristbands to stay
cashless. This is seen as a tactic to fleece the attendees and run
off with more money. The complaint also alleges that defendants
McFarland and Atkinson (Ja Rule) we’re aware of how dangerously
underequipped the festival was and how this was a serious threat to
festival goers.